Fallas Valencia 2024 - Falla El Pilar

Artist: Paco Torres.

Prize: 3rd Special Section.

Cost: 175.000 Euros.

"Young Maldo had a dream life and family, but everything has changed for the worse. Could he be the victim of a powerful spell?

So many misfortunes and bad luck cannot be a coincidence. Maldo is not wrong: his successful life has aroused the envy and jealousy of many people. Envy has the ability to become a wolf that devours people's happiness. Resentment holds a voodoo doll with the effigy of Maldo in his hands, while hatred pierces it with a pin. Jealousy hides his identity behind a mask while they cast the evil eye and try to discover the formula for his success. Obsessed, envy and jealousy use to the magic of voodoo.
The situation is desperate, can Maldo neutralize the spell?"

"March 1974, the cabaret that is in top of the Falla del Pilar runs along the narrow Maldonado street
Out of emotion, a woman who is watching it from the balcony gives birth at home.
His parents decide to name him: MALDONADO "

"Four decades later, life smiled on Maldo: he was married to his great love, Pili, and they had three wonderful children. In addition, he was vice president of Pilar, a shareholder of Valencia CF, the political parties fought over him...
NOW HIS LIFE IS A DISASTER"

"Voodoo at the falla of El Pilar?
Since I was elected vice president of Pilar we have had five second prizes. FIVE!!
I'm in 'Check' and 'Who's pulling the strings?', but it goes on and on, 'Off with his head!', meanwhile I'll go 'hunting gamusinos'. But one thing I will tell you 'We will survive!'"

PAPA LEGBA
"Don't be fooled by its appearance, it is the most dangerous Voodoo spirit!
With his staff he creates the magical connection between the person and the ninot. Wait, is he handling two dolls just like Maldo's daughters? They are lost!"

Envy

ANA and ELENA, daughters of MALDO
"Maldo had always been their hero, but in recent months everything has changed: they go at their own pace and act as if he does not exist, completely ignoring him. But there is still hope!
Voodoo breaks when they need money or to be taken to parties!"

PRIESTESS VOODOO
"It all started the day she grabbed Maldo's hair, pulling it. Maldo thought she would be someone who would find his cry of pain funny... but from that moment on, every time she feels a strong prick, he ends up suffering a misfortune. "

ELEGGUÁ
"This demon 'plays' with the Voodoo ninots, causing all kinds of evil to happen to people.
Oh no! He is now 'playing' with Maldo's wife and making his little daughter dance uncontrollably !"

PILI, MALDO's wife
"The jealous man is helped to destroy the formula for success in Maldo's life.
Poor Maldo can't explain why, after years of happy marriage, they go from love to hate for no reason (as far as he knows).
Voodoo started the day he gave her an iron for his anniversary... "

Maldo's formula for success
"To decipher it, the jealous man has the help of a 'friend' of Maldo corrupted by another great evil: rivalry.
Because of it, he has become a demon willing to do whatever is necessary to harm Maldo."

A day in the life of Maldo
"Let's accompany Maldo on any day of his life.
10:34 Maldo is a victim of the mobility battle."

"Maldo calmly walks down Colón Street towards the town hall when suddenly... catapum! crash!
'Ayyy!' Maldo shouts in pain. Maldo has been hit by a bus and a scooter at the same time!"

"Colón Street is the scene of the most important political confrontation in the city: the battle of mobility!.
Buses and cars compete with bicycles and scooters in a war in which there is only one loser: the pedestrian!"

"Doing pirouettes on the scooter, Spider Grezzi tries to trap the mayor Catalá ('María Coche' by her enemies) in her network of bike lanes, who counterattacks by becoming the powerful transformer of the EMT and private cars.
The enemy of war, trampled by everyone: MALDO"

"14:34 it's raining on Maldo... oh, it's 'poop'"

"Maldo, sore from the accident, finally arrives at City Hall.
He wants them to solve the list of problems that affect his commission and the fallas in general: limiter-register, permits, bottle... will he get it?

"Two blocks, one party, is the motto of the falla planted all year round in the town hall"
The doves of the right and the left are fighting at all times, forgetting that the fallas and the citizens are in the middle of both
Because of these troublemakers, Maldo ends up with 'poop' up to his neck!"

Compromís "Fuset emerges victorious over Galiana in the epic battle of the Plaza del Pilar... at the headquarters of Compromís. But it is a bitter victory because he has had to leave the presidency of JCF and is now its new influencer!
Oh, it's not? But he publishes a daily video talking about it!"

PP "The current president of the JCF, Santi Ballester, sadly holds the flower of the festivities to which only one petal remains: Fallas.
The structure on which it is based is very unstable because the rest of the parties that supported it have been kept by VOX (or has the PP donated them?) "

OLGA, little daughter of MALDO "After abandoning rhythmic gymnastics (her great passion), she began dancing uncontrollably in front of her cell phone every day.
And dressed in a very strange way! Has Voodoo made her addicted to TikTok?"

"Maldo's day still has one last surprise in store for him. Does he think being run over and covered in 'poop' is enough?
Maldo does an unforgivable thing: he grabs a wild flower and uploads it to X without thinking that Valencia is the European Green Capital."

"In minutes, Maldo gives the bell and is canceled in X amidst criticism and insults. The scandal is so big that #MaldoAsesinoDeFlores becomes a global trend and causes Valencia to be stripped of its European Green Capital status...
Totally sunk, Maldo gets into bed, 'Tomorrow more and better?' thinks...".

"19:34 hours Maldo rings the bell
Every year, from Puerta del Sol, Ramón García starts the closest competition in Spain: the race to be the most hated person of the year!
Before we began the years with good wishes, now we begin them with criticism!
Let them tell Pedroche...."

"Happy New Year! Ready, set, go! Pedroche begins the leader of the 'Hate race' thanks to his controversial dress.
Attention! Ana Obregón advances like a bullet when announcing the birth of her granddaughter through surrogacy. It seems insurmountable!"

"Cristina Pedroche has just become a mother! She stands next to Obregón! and gives her daughter her mother's last name first. She surpasses Obregón!.
Attention, she just passed Pedroche! Is Obregón now the most criticized in Spain? She can't be! It is Maldo."

META
"The snake charmer of social networks is at the service of Envy, providing it with all the food it needs (and more) thanks to its three heads: the falsehood of Facebook, the posturing of Instagram and the gossip of WhatsApp"

X (before known as Twitter)
"Under its innocent appearance hides the most dangerous ally of Envy, to which it offers hundreds of victims daily.
Such is her power, that in a matter of minutes she is able to direct and manipulate the opinion of millions of people or cancel whoever she wants."

Make Voodoo to gender violence

Hatred and grudge
"Created by Envy, they quickly respond to its call.
The three form a fearsome team, while Envy holds Maldo's Voodoo ninot, Grudge holds Hate so he can stick a needle into it."

Political voodoo: welcome to Spanishland!
"Ken Sánchez and Barbie Díaz are the new fashionable couple, causing jealousy in the rest of the political kids.
They both smile to try to convince us that, thanks to them, everything in Spanishland is rosy! It is?".

"The witch is in charge of making politicians Voodoo. Why do you think they say one thing and then do the opposite?
Because they are victims of Voodoo, of course! And as a result, we citizens pay the price."

"Incredible! The pink fever also attacks the witch, who changes her rudimentary political Voodoos for iconic Barbie and Ken models
But it goes even further: it has turned the Congress of Deputies into the national version of Barbieland: Welcome to SpanishLand!"

Allan Puigi (Ken's friend)
"President of Catalonialand. Includes: amnesty, unilateral independence, absolute immunity.
Allan Puigi, Ken's friend, is sold separately and comes in a 'stand-alone' box. Puigi can't wait for one of the Kens to buy him, with his entire package of demands included
It seems that Ken Sánchez is making eyes at him. Will you be able to convince him to play at creating Catalonialand?"

Barbie Diaz
"Includes: adding calculator, luxury oil (very expensive).
Caution: Do not take to restaurants at one in the morning."

Ken Sánchez
"Includes: Survival manual. all types of pacts. Five changes of mind. Falcon plane."

"Voodoo also pursues Maldo in politics: a party that hires him as a campaign advisor... a party that disappears! He started with UPyD, went to Ciudadanos and is now with Podemos. He is even more jinxed than Toni Cantó!
If you want to win the elections... infiltrate Maldo into your rival!"

Ken Abascal
"Includes: Flags of Spain, manual of good Spanish, goat of the legion, accessories to (in)dress the PP.
Surfer Ken Abascal plans a way to save his beloved Spanishland from the hands of some ninots whom he considers traitors. And they are also lovers of the color pink!
He must act quickly, before the situation becomes irreversible, and paint Spanishland red and yellow. Like the flag! ".

Ken Feijoo
"Includes: Tea set for pacts. The most voted list (with no real use). Voice: 'I'm not president because I don't want to'.
The cowboy Ken Feijoo serves tea to Baby Yoda and Coco to try to convince them to make a deal with him and help him become president.
What a disappointment he will be when Coco explains to him the difference between 'being close' to being president and 'being far away'! May the force be with you!"

"The Díaz Ayuso girl, after killing all her political rivals and some 'Casado', prepares for the final assault.
In her head only echoes: 'player no. 2, Ken Feijoo, eliminated', 'Player no. 1, Ken Sánchez, eliminated' and 'You are the new president of Spanishland!'

The Voodoo of the media. Without TV, Maldo loses his mind
"Pablo Motos with Trancas y Barrancas, Josep Pedrerol with his 'Tic Tac', Ferreras with his 'Pactómetro', Ana Rosa with 'TardeAR'... are some of the puppets that the magician uses to make us Voodoo and distract us from what is truly important "

"The Dark Wizard of Voodoo wields the media at his will, especially his most addictive favorite toy, television.
In it, the same news, depending on the channel and program, is treated as magnificent or detestable... as it suits them!"

"Tonight who comes to have fun? at El Hormiguero...
In Pablo Motos' program the line between what is funny and what is questionable is often blurred. Despite everything, every night he captivates the audience thanks to Trancas y Barrancas, two ninots...from Voodoo?"

"Ana Rosa, the queen of mornings, decides to abdicate to try to save Telecinco.
With her production company, she monopolizes the channel's programming and champions the afternoons, but she comes across the harsh reality: 'TardeAR' fails to succeed, will it end up becoming 'Failing'?

"Television has Maldo, his father and even the cat totally absorbed!
The spell is so effective that they have become puppets at the mercy of a box that, at every moment, tells them what they should think, feel, believe and even buy!"

"The excessive use to which Ferreras has subjected the 'Pactometer' has caused it to be 'Red Hot' and to invent the data.
Ferreras, who has not realized it, says convinced: Attention, a pact between the lady on the 1st, a Martian and a bonsai... gives an absolute majority!"

"For years, Pedrerol has been trapped in time (and being portrayed!) because of Mbappé (and more things...)
Every year El 'Chiringuito' puts a countdown for Mbappé's signing that restarts every time the market closes! Josep, will you get it right this time? TIC Tac"

Voodoo at Valencia CF
"The fashionable toy of millionaires are football teams.
Representative Mender takes advantage and trades with players, selling them to the highest bidder.
However, Lim only wants to sell - at a bargain price - the defective football kits that the rest don't want... What bad luck!"

"Lim may be the master of Valencia CF, but he does not possess the club's greatest wealth: its fans!
Football has become a money-making machine that crushes everything in its path, even, if necessary, its own fans. We won't allow it! "Valencia needs us!"

"Maldo is one of the bosses who signed the sale of Valencia CF to Peter Lim.
He thought that the new master would place him in the world's elite and finish the stadium, but instead he has kidnapped the club and enjoys making it Voodoo! "MALDO what have you done!"

Who would you do Voodoo to?
"In fallas we have a way to Voodoo all the negative things around us: the cremá!
Here we have some of those great evils that we want to burn in the purifying fire in the hope that they will disappear forever. And you, who would you do voodoo to? "

The real Voodoo is discovered:
MALDO VS MALDO!
"Do you remember the jealous man? We suspect that the instigator of Voodoo to MAldo hid his identity because he must be someone he knew.
His last attempt to find the formula for success has failed and, angrier than ever, he begins to hit Maldo's ninot Voodoo! "

"The jealous man hits Maldo's ninot on the arm and... it is the jealous man who begins to scream in pain, a bruise appearing on his arm!
the jealous man, in pain and very furious, stabs him with a knife the leg... and it is again the jealous one who screams in pain as his leg begins to bleed!

"Incredible! All the jealous man's attacks on Maldo turn against him! The jealous man can't take it anymore, he lifts his mask and... it can't be,
THE JEALOUS ONE IS THE MALDO HIMSELF!!
Maldo is the one who, with his actions and decisions, has been making himself Voodoo!

The real Voodoo
"When things start to go badly, we blame luck, envy and jealousy of third parties... when the simplest thing is that, possibly, we are the most responsible for our situation because of our actions. There may be exceptions, but This is not the case with Maldo: Maldo had a dream life until he began to have problems at work. The rivalry with his colleagues made him rush and make bad decisions as a campaign advisor in the different political parties.
The string of electoral defeats caused him to end up unemployed, and instead of looking for work, he dedicated himself to watching television all day in the company of his retired father. As if that were not enough, the pressure from the people made him, as the club's boss, sign the sale of Valencia CF in favor of Peter Lim."

"Maldo stayed up so late watching TV that, dead asleep, he crossed Colón Street in red, being hit by a bus and a scooter. Because of that, he arrived late at the City Council to present the permits and subsidies for his falla, with which he came out covered up to his neck in problems. To top off the day, he uploaded a photo to X knowing that you will always be criticized on that social network.
At home the situation also became more complicated: when love is not cared for, it becomes extinct, and that is what happened with his wife. The summum of her was to give her an iron for her anniversary. Who comes up with it?
The lack of attention has caused her older daughters to only turn to Len when she interests them and the little one takes refuge in the cell phone and is now addicted to TikTok. Mystery solved! Maldo is the only one who, if he puts his mind to it, can reverse his situation. It is in his hands to put an end to Voodoo, or not..."